How to make a Bootable Install disk of Mac Os X Lion

How to Make a Bootable Install Disk of Mac OS X Lion

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $30. Separately, Apple will also begin offering Lion on a USB thumb drive in Apple stores come August. Right now, you can grab Lion from the Mac App Store as a 4GB download.

After you’ve downloaded Lion, it would be wise it back up your install app so that you don’t have to re-download it next time you want to install Lion. You can also make a bootable DVD install disk of Lion to use on your other machines. Keep reading to learn how…

Step 1: Download OS X Lion from the Mac App Store.

Step 2: Once you have the “Install Mac OS X Lion” app download to your Applications folder, navigate to that app in Finder. Right click the install app and click “Show Package Contents.”

Step 3: Navigate to Contents > SharedSupport and select the “InstallESD.dmg.”

Step 4: Copy the InstallESD.dmg to your desktop.

Step 5: Now we’re going to make our bootable DVD. Open Disk Utility on your Mac (located in the Utilities folder) and find the “Burn” option.

Step 6: Select Burn and choose the InstallESD.dmg file that you saved to your desktop.

Step 7: Insert a blank DVD and let Disk Utility write to the disk. Once completed, your bootable DVD should launch as a new volume on your desktop.

You should now have a bootable install disk of OS X Lion to use on all of your authorized Macs!

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Partition a Hard Drive Using Mac OS X Disk Utility

These are instructions on how to partition a hard drive using Mac OS X Disk Utility.

Step One
If your hard drive is an external drive, connect it to the computer. Launch Disk Utility from the Applications:Utilities folder.




Step Two
From the list on the left select the drive you would like to format


Step Three
Click to select the Partition tab.


Step Four
From the Volume Scheme dropdown select the number of partitions you would like to create on the drive.


Step Five
Select a Partition (ie Untitled 1) then give it a Name, Format, and Size.


Step Six
You can also drag the handle between the partition boxes to resize the partitions.


Step Seven
Select the remaining partitions and enter their Volume Information.


Step Eight
Note you can use the Plus and Minus buttons to add or remove partitions.


Step Nine
Press the Options... button to choose a partition scheme for the hard disk.


To use the disk to start up an Intel Mac select GUID Partition Table. To use the hard disk to start up a PowerPC Mac select Apple Partition Map. To use the disk to start up a Windows computer select Master Boot Record. Press the OK button to set this option.


Step Ten
Press the Apply button to begin partitioning.


Step Eleven
A window will popup asking you to confirm the partitioning. Please note this will permanently erase all data from the disk. Click the Partition button to continue.


Step Twelve
Notice the status bar shows the progress of the partitioning.


Step Thirteen
Once the partitioning is complete Disk Utility will update and show the new volume information for your hard disk!

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Convert a DMG to ISO Using Terminal

These are instructions on how to convert a DMG image file to an ISO image file using Mac OS X Terminal. You may want to do this if you need to burn a DMG image using a Windows or Linux operating system.
Step One
Place the DMG you would like to convert on your desktop then open a new Finder window by clicking its icon in the dock.

Step Two
Click to select Applications from the list of Places on the left.

Step Three
Double click to open the Utilities folder from list of Applications.

Step Four
Double click to launch Terminal from the list of Utilities.

Step Five
Enter the following command into the Terminal window.hdiutil convert ~/Desktop/'filename.dmg' -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/'filename.iso'




NOTE*: Remember to replace 'filename' with the name of your DMG image.
Step Six
You will now notice a new file appear on your desktop with a .iso.cdr extension. Select the file and hit theEnter key to rename it removing the .cdr extension.



You may be asked to confirm this. Click to select Use .iso.

Step Seven
You can now copy this to any Windows or Linux computer for burning.

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Spoof Your Airport MAC Address in Snow Leopard

These are instructions on how to change or spoof your wireless adapter's MAC address in Snow Leopard.

A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to most network adapters or network interface cards. 

Please note these instructions worked for us with a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.2. We cannot confirm that they will work for other operating systems or devices.

Step One
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.


Step Two
Enter ifconfig en1 | grep ether to find the current MAC address for your wireless network adapter.


Step Three
Make sure your Airport is turned on and input the following into the Terminal window to disassociate from all networks.

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -z


When asked input your administrative password, do so.


Step Four
Input the following command to change your MAC address

sudo ifconfig en1 ether 00:11:22:33:44:55

Replace 00:11:22:33:44:55 with an address of your choice. 


Step Five
To verify the change has completed successfully input ifconfig en1 | grep ether into the Terminal window.

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Install Windows on Your Mac Using Parallels

Step One
Purchase Parallels for Mac from here. 

Step Two
After purchasing Parallels you will be able to download the Parallels dmg file or you will receive a CD in the mail. Insert the CD or double click the downloaded dmg file to mount it.


Step Three
Double click the Install Parallels Desktop icon.


Click Continue to begin the installation.


Read the release notes then click the Continue button.


Read the software license agreement and click the Continue button.


You will then be asked to accept the agreement by clicking the Accept button.


Click the Install button to begin installation on your primary hard drive. If you would like to select a direct install location you can click the Change Install Location... button.


You may be asked to enter your administrative username and password. Do this then click the OK button.


Parallels will now install.


Once installation has finished click the Close button.


Step Four
The installation will have created and opened a Parallels folder in your applications folder. Double click theParallels Desktop icon.


The OS Installation Assistant will ask you to select your operating system installation mode. Select Windows Express then click the Next button.


You will now be asked to select the operating system you would like to install automatically. If you select Windows XP this process will be similar but not exactly the same. Click the Nextbutton to continue.


Enter your Windows Product Key, your name and your organization. Then click the Next button.


Specify a name for the virtual machine. You can leave the default name of "Microsoft Windows Vista". Check to enable file sharing if you want to share your Mac home folder to Windows. Check to enable user profile sharing if you would like to use your Mac Desktop and user folders in Windows. Click the Next button to continue.


Now you must choose whether to optimize for the running of Windows or Mac. If you want Windows to take priority when it is running then select Virtual Machine. Otherwise, select Mac OS X applications. Click theNext button to continue.


You will now have to insert the Windows installation CD and click the Finish button.


Step Five
Windows will now begin to load files...


The GUI will load and Windows will start expanding files


Parallels will then inform you that the OS Installation Assistant is ready to install Parallel Tools. Click the OKbutton.


Windows Security will now display about 5 or 6 alert messages. This messages will tell you that Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software. Click the Install this driver software anyway button.


Finally windows will ask your to select the location your computer. I selected Home.


At this point Windows automatically rebooted for me.


Step Six
Once Vista has rebooted it will inform you that its Shared Profile configuration was changed. You will be logged out of Windows and when you log back in your user folders will be redirected to those of your Mac profile. Click the OK button.


Vista will log you out and bring you to the login screen. Click the Administrator icon.


Step Seven
Congratulations you have now successfully installed Windows Vista on your Mac!

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